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Amendments to the Bermuda College Act have been passed in the Senate which include the provision for the college to borrow funds from government.
As a result of the amendment the Bermuda College Building Reserve Fund Act 1987 has been repealed.
Inde...
DATE: Dec 16, 2014
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Legislation to introduce casino gaming to the Island was passed in the House of Assembly in the early hours of this morning.
The debate drew mixed reviews but was finally agreed upon with two mirno amendments at 1:45am after about ten hours of discus...
DATE: Dec 13, 2014
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A group of Bermudian students presented Environment Minister Jeanne Atherden with a mosaic yesterday as thanks for her continued consideration of the Blue Halo project.
The initiative, which proposes turning a large swath of the Island’s Exclusive Ec...
DATE: Dec 12, 2014
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Two women who were struggling to make ends meet are now on the path to fulfilling their life dreams thanks to a Government programme.
Dawn Matthews and Norma Jean Daniels graduated from the Bermuda College last night, and both women credit the Commu...
DATE: Dec 12, 2014
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Bermuda’s principals for both the public and private senior and middle schools, through Imagine Bermuda, have issued a statement praising a young Pakistani student who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday.
They said: “We join the World in appl...
DATE: Dec 11, 2014
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The Senate will debate fire safety legislation today.
All premises, except for private homes and common areas of multiple unit dwellings, must obtain a fire certificate from the Chief Fire Officer under the proposed legislation, which will be present...
DATE: Dec 10, 2014
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Rebecca Zuill
Efforts to conserve resident populations of green and hawksbill turtles have been announced.
A management plan has been drawn up by the Department of Conservation Services in consultation with scientists and sea turtle specialists.
The main aim of ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2014
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Registration for the Bermuda Public School system is slated for January 28, 29 and 30 next year, The Ministry of Education and Economic Development has announced.
The Ministry has also introduced a new registration policy and procedures document whic...
DATE: Dec 10, 2014
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A video documentary crafted on a Christmas gift camera has resulted in a big win for a local student, after her short movie won an international grand prize for the Bermuda Homeschoolers.
“I was really, really excited,” 14-year-old winner Maia Steele...
DATE: Dec 08, 2014
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Warwick Academy principal Maggie McCorkell has announced that she will retire at the end of the school year in June 2016.
Ms McCorkell moved to Bermuda in 1980 and joined Warwick Academy a decade later.
“The time has come for me to retire,” she sai...
DATE: Dec 06, 2014
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